Buckle.



M. SCHWARTZ.

BUCKLE,

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. HL w09.

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SNE-HALE? TC* SMEL d'.

EUDEKLE,

Application tiled September ME, i90-E9. Serial No. lf2-,l5.

l o all whom "it may concern: t ie, it known that il. Mnnnin, SCHWARTZ, n eftizen of the Tinted States of xneriem Brooklyn. county of Kings, and State of hfew York. have invented certain new and nxe'linl lnijnxweinents in Buellein of which the illowingv is a Speeieation.

Thiy invention relaties to nn improved linelile, to' trouser.n vest and other straps. in 'which the noe of prongs or teeth for pier@w ingr and holding' the strap dispensed with. and the holdinof the strap :weoinplished integral vani-Shaped portions of the lonclfle, no that the Strap is prevented roin :shitting and lirinlv held in position on the garment; and Jfor thin purposex the invention consists or a buckle which comprises nn exterior open ohlongx frameprovided with bent-np rim. an inclined. ,outwardly-projecting trranarerse center-har havingr conn traetioin; :niljaeent io the Sides of the frame. and an inwardlv-inelined and tapering rainpieee at the end of the, trani@ as will he tnllvdescribed hereinafter and finallv pointed out in the claim.

lin the accompanying drawings? ,Figure 1 represents a front-elevation of nn7 improved lonclie, Showing' it as applied to trouser. vest or other Straps` Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on linei. Fig. i. Fig'. 3 is a `front elevation of the'hnekle showing its connection with one of the s4t1'ap.- and hier. 4 is a per- :rpeotire View or the hnelle shown as detat-,hed `:Front the ntrapa.

liniilar letters of referente indieate corresponding parte throughout the Several riewe. l

Referring to-the drawings. o represents the exterior ohlon'g' traine of my improved lnulfle, for the straps of trousers. venta and other garments. Thetraine, o is provided with a rearw:irdlv-bent flange or rim (il which extends all around the fraine'and ininafra strength and stillness to the SanneA ll/iidway of the frame is arranged a tran verse inclined and foi-wordm-projecting har (n which is made integral with the, frame u', and provided adjacent to its,v connection with the Sides of the Jtraine a with contraetioins b1 which Se for attaching the nnderlapping Strap d oy means olZ Snitebie Stitches b2.

@ne end of I:he trame a matie stnialit9 and the opposite end slightly entri-'em convex endportzion ei? the inner part of traine is 1 roifidefl with reerWardly-pro ject'ing inoiired, nain-nl celich, l i i the transverse har. il), is ngo by snimhie (lies intgnily 'th t The oven W lniipii'ig strap oli iS; paoooi. .ever and through the o- Qn one end or' the frame o and the trnnsv hor sli, their over the forward edge the inclined. har in then boclrvardiy over the edge, of the inwa, lient damning; inernher or Cani-p" outward direction, Shown in rigidlyv held in position, without; prongs or teeth, by; "hiting the edges oit" the har li end coni-niece e. so that it is impossible 'for the atrnp to he shi t- *mi ed in the buckle. 'im i t ine t" i Snam which is exerted on the k; nip, the greater will be Jiihe otr-.iin the hnehie on the overlapping' strap il and the prenotare ot the nnderlnpping Strap 'on the overlanpii strap at the point where the inferlapiii strap passes over the edge of the bachwardly-inelined cani-piece o that when the strap is once adjusted it is always rigidly held the saine position.

As the buckle can he stamped hy means A of dies from Snitahe Sheetnietnl. it, can be Supplied at' a 'verv low price. tcan he finished either h v japanning or hv niekel or silver plating. it forms an etlleetive huekle 'for garinenhstraps of all kind in which the' une of prongb or teeth of any hind is din penned with and; the Ciampino action of the parte4 entirel;r relied njgon. l

liaving thneY deSeih-ed in v invention, i elaini as new and desire' to secure by Let;n tera Patent:

In a fastening; devine for trousers or other garments, the combination o'f a buckle frame having; a reari-aidly-turned flange around negen-face, a centrally sind rearu wa rdly projecting clainpineg ineni'r at one end or the ironie a transverse bar connecn ing the side-pieces or the frame, intormentiu atelv of the ends thereof, said har inclined to he parallei with said cainping member, an nnierlnpping strep Secured. to the rennpart of `he transverse har "ad ing said damping member the ,i l of.

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frame, and an overlapping stmp passing as my invention, have signed my mme in against .Saud :Hnge a'the endgof the frame presence @if two Subsvcrlbmg Witnesses. opposite theampirlg but and awainst the T n n mf MEINDL rJAh Imnbedge 0I Sad transverse bzuand agamstV l SC E" v .und emveen sald underlappmg strap and Mhtnesses:

the edge said clamping member. r PAUL GOEPEL, L11 testimony, that @imm the foregng A. Comi. 

